GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |